Questions tagged [external-command]
Questions about calling external (shell) commands from within Vi or Vim.
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Update external file based on VIM mode
Currently I have my vim set up to update the statuslline based on what mode the editor is in. Like if I'm in insert mode then the statusline turns red. Magenta in replace mode. Green in command ...
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Changing PYTHONPATH from inside VIM
Today I was writing code in VIM and wanted to change the PYTHONPATH and so I ran:
:!echo $PYTHONPATH;export PYTHONPATH="/home/oli/git/published_libraries/computer_communication_framework";echo $...
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Why does vim call powershell surrounded by two single quotes?
I'm attempting to use powershell from gvim, and when I do...I set:
:set shellcmdflag=-NoProfile\ -NoLogo\ -ExecutionPolicy\ RemoteSigned\ -windowStyle\ Normal\ -Command
:set shell='C:\\windows\\...
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How to pass a string as stdin to a job?
I have a shell command which reads from stdin, processes the input, and writes to stdout. To call it synchronously from vim I can do system('mycommand', data) where data is some string my vimscript ...
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How to create a function to `hash` buffer content
I want to create a function that I can call to replace a specific string pattern with md5sum of current buffer.
I have no experience writing VimL before and can't figure out the way to do it.
This ...
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Can I pipe vim spelling suggestions to an external program?
I know I can write a buffer to an external program with :w !<command>, but is there a way to pipe the contents of the spelling correction list I get with z= into an external program (i.e. dmenu)...
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Write buffer to command and append stdout back to same buffer
I've opened an empty buffer with just vim.
I have a shell script in the same directory that I can pipe SQL to. That script will print the result of the execution to stdout.
In my empty buffer, I ...
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get exit status from system() call
Calling the function system("<command>") or systemlist("<command>") retrieves the stdout output from a shell call to <command>. How can I retrieve the exit status of that command?
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Pass character-wise visual selection to an external command
I want to VISUAL select a piece of text character-wise and pass it to an external command.
For example I want to select only the URL from the the text below
abcde www.google.com abcde
and open it ...
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How to execute commands in vim, piping the output back into the editor in real time?
So, to begin, this is similar to Pipe shell command into buffer in real-time.
The difference is that the top answer there pipes the output to a new buffer. How do I pipe the output to the editor ...
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How do I control an external program from vim? The final end is to listen to audio and make a transcript in sync
So it seems that vim is great for so many things. And I love it. And yet, it is the configuration that sometimes is a limitation for those of us who don't get a tight grasp on how to tinker into it. I ...
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How does (neo)vim set $PATH for system(['command'])
When I want to call an external program, I have the option of spawning a shell or not.
system('my command') will spawn a shell (executing your .bashrc/etc and all it seems).
system(['my command']) ...
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Why does colon in shell command read the wrong file?
I write ruby test files in vim, and regularly run tests from the file I'm editing by running
:!rspec %:N
or something similar (to execute the test at line N). The problem is that when the first ...
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Retrieving results from variations of system('top') returns errors
Directly on the Ubuntu terminal, I can extract the results from top regarding a specific PID with:
top -p <pid> -n1 | awk '/<pid>/'
Where <pid> should be substituted with a PID ...
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Vim can't search for dot
I'm trying to write a Vim script function to toggle between -> and . but searching for . is seemingly impossible.
I've tried to search using ASCII (decimal and hex) and it doesn't work. It all ...
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Function arguments + shell
I'm trying to write a command for adding a Python import line. The problem is that what's added it import a:name and not the module name.
Here's the code
func! PyImport(name)
w
silent !isort ...
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Shell coloring handling with :read command
How can I deal with the colored outputs of shell commands when inputing them with :read?
As an example, I have a self-defined git log command, and I would like to see it in a split window. That works ...
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How to map a call to a system function using the current filename?
I've been using vim for a little while and I'm doing some LaTeX with it, using Tectonic as the engine.
What I was doing to generate the pdf (without leaving the editor)
:call system("tectonic main....
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How can I pass a text to an external program without changing the current buffer?
I want to do filter through an external program without actually filtering the lines (but to keep them). For example :
%!grep aa > newfile
If I do this, all the lines are deleted and I need to do ...
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opening powershell from inside vim
I want to run powershell from vim and I have achieved it using the following mapping:
map <leader>cd :cd %:p:h<cr>:silent !powershell<cr>
The problem is that I can't do anything ...
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How to make vim shell command wait for keypress?
I have assigned the macro !clear && gcc % && ./a.out to the key 'r'.
So when I press '@r', I expect vim to:
Clear the shell
compile the current C file
run the output
The problem is ...
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error output when using commands proxied via WSL (asyncrun plugin)
I have wsl - ubuntu installed under Windows 10. Some ubuntu's commands are proxied to use in cmd by create .bat files and add them to PATH environment of windows10, pattern like following:
@echo off
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:global, how to use matched pattern in the cmd of :g/pat/cmd?
Give a buffer each line contain a filename. how to use r! cmd on the filename, within a :g command?
eg,
BEFORE PROCESSING:
file1.txt
file2.txt
AFTER PROCESSING (with wc -l):
file1.txt
12 ...
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How to run shell commands on file without saving?
For example, if I want to run tidy on a file
r! tidy %
But I have to save the file beforehand. Is there any way around this?
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How to run zsh aliased command from vim command mode?
I have a bunch of really useful terminal programs which I use often while I am editing or writing. For example, dictionary is a popular one and I have aliased its usage to single character d in .zshrc ...
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How can I import output from linux commands into vim for editing?
Is there a way I can directly import/insert the output of any linux command into vim editor? For example: pwd in currently open vim buffer.
Also
From terminal how can I directly open command output ...
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e or tabe into path resulting from a ! command
Given a bash function, getMyFilePath(), which results in a directory path, /mydir, how can I open a new tab, passing this function to navigate there?
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Shortcut for automatic execution
I've found the following command to execute Python or Matlab or any other language as far as I understand to execute code
nnoremap <buffer> <F9> :exec '!python' shellescape(@%, 1)<cr&...
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sending variable commands in vim-slime
I am relatively new to vim and have started using the vim-slime plugin. One thing I use it for is to run python scripts, for example
:SlimeSend1 python ~/myPythonFile.py
I now would like to automate ...
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What encoding does :! use?
I'd like low-level control over exactly what bytes I send and receive from a process spawned from some vimscript. What encoding is used for communications with commands started with :!foo? Can I ...
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Change where a register actually points (in this case, redirect “+” [sys clipboard], to an external program) [duplicate]
Setting up vim on WSL, and I want to be able to redirect the vim internal clipboard to the windows clipboard. This is possible if running an X server like XMing, but I don't want to do that.
I have 2 ...
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How to avoid “file has changed” warning when writing buffer?
I am using system() to change a buffer's file. I apply the same change to the buffer itself. I can't just reload the buffer because there are other unsaved changes.
When I come to write the buffer, ...
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What is the correct way to escape UNC paths?
Let's say there is a file \\server-42\tmp\dir\test.txt. When my plugin tries to execute this command via system() it triggers an error:
cd "\\server-42\tmp\dir" && git ls-files --error-...
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How does one automatically run a function when any error message appears?
I would like to play sounds for accessibility reasons. Do I need to patch and compile (neo)vim to provide some sort of OnError autocmd?
edit: more generically I'm looking for a way to hook into ...
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Substring of filename in external command (bang)
Is it possible to execute bash string manipulations to the filename of the current file, represented by % in external commands from within vim?
Example:
I am editing a file myfile.txt. Using :! ...
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Can I disable running shell commands in Vim?
I am developing a command line application that uses Vim to edit an existing file. Think visudo or crontab -e.
Is there any command line option that I can pass to Vim to disable shell commands?
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my ag shortcut chokes on spaces
I got this in my .vimrc:
set grepprg=grep\ -nriI\ --exclude=tags\ --exclude-dir=vendor
" The Silver Searcher
if executable('ag')
" Use ag over grep
let &grepprg = "ag --nogroup --nocolor --...
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How to execute a bash command from the normal mode and send the output on a different buffer?
I have a bash_file that operates on a latex file to produce a pdf.
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/pandoc/ filein.md -t beamer -o fileout.md ;
/usr/bin/pdflatex/ fileother.tex ;
/usr/bin/evince fileother.tex
...
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How to disable vim source .cshrc when running external command?
I'm running external command inside vim by :!command.
Noticed vim will source .cshrc before run the command, because I've added some echo in the .cshrc.
Is there a way to force vim don't source the ....
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Execute selection and redirect output to new buffer/tab
I want to automate something I started using.
Short story is I have a file with some lines and I want to execute each line every now and then and see its' output, but I don't want it to override the ...
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Copy output of bash command to system clipboard?
If I run:
:w !node
It will take my current buffer and send it to stdin and run the code in node.
If I run:
:redir @+ | echo "bob" | redir END
It ends up on the system clipboard.
But if I want to ...
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Reading in content from an external command with utf-8
I've got the following vim script to show a perldoc or per man page into a new tab and then rewrap it the text so it's more readable (I have a very wide monitor).
nnoremap K :execute "tabnew <bar&...
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Why python autocompletion does not work if path to python binary is taken from variable?
I use YouCompleteMe for python3 code completion, and when I have
let g:ycm_python_binary_path = '/usr/bin/python3'
in my ~/.vimrc it works great. However, if I change it to
let python3path = system(...
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Alter how oldfiles are displayed
Is it possible to "preprocess" the oldfiles list so that it's easier to navigate visually?
As far as I can tell, the contents of the oldfiles list are presented as ordinary absolute paths, but with ...
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`Read` seems to bring an extra line - how to prevent this?
I set up this function in my .vimrc file. It duplicates the current window, moves it to a new tab, reads the output of yapf (a code formatter) run on the current file, sets up a diff between the ...
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Diffsplit with output of external command in Vim?
I know I can enter diff mode in vim by calling diffsplit <filename>.
I also know I can call an external command and replace the file contents with its output (e.g. in this answer someone uses ...
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How to account for special characters \% in mapping
I am using vim on Windows and have following mappings:
imap <f4> <ESC>:w<CR>:!clang -std=c++11 -o output\%.exe %<CR>
imap <f5> <ESC>:!output\%.exe<CR>
As we ...
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How to setup the default browser to follow hyperlinks [closed]
On a text file with a hyperlink (http://url/) if I hover the mouse over the hyperlink and click on it, it is opened on chrome. How can I change the browser that vim decides to use when following ...
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Executing a shell command in the parent directory
I'm trying to use :! to run my test suite.
The file I'm working on is:
/foo/bar/baz.py
My tests are in:
/foo/test
I tried running :!../python -m unittest test but I get the following
error:/bin/...
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Checking if Makefile exists before executing autocmd
I want Vim to execute build the project automatically after I write the buffer to a *.c or *.cpp file. Here is what I've done:
autocmd BufWritePost *.c,*.cpp make
This one works as expected (but the ...
